FFXIV Sneak peek inside Job Weapon skills

Thanks for posting these, Camate. The team did a great job with these weaponskills.

I love the sound effects that accompany them, especially the Paladin WS.
And using Jump makes the Dragoon disappear into the sky? Hell yes.

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Originally Posted by Rane

Thanks for posting these, Camate. The team did a great job with these weaponskills.

I love the sound effects that accompany them, especially the Paladin WS.
And using Jump makes the Dragoon disappear into the sky? Hell yes.

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Hell to the yes!!! Best thing that happened to DRG probably is the Disappering! :D

I really love the sounds. I was iffy on the PLD WS when I first saw it, but the sound effect sold me on it.

And wow! Freeze is enormous! Can't wait to cast that on Ifrit!

Dare I say it since no one else has...


OMG jump is being added people can shut up about jump now!

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Originally Posted by Starlord

Hell to the yes!!! Best thing that happened to DRG probably is the Disappering! :D

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I remember trying to time Kain's Jump in the final battle of Final Fantasy IV (then called II) so that he stayed in the air as much as possible while remaining onscreen whenever Rosa cast Cure IV.

Missing a Cure because you're off the screen...
Surely in FFXIV that won't....wait, could it?

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Originally Posted by Rane

I remember trying to time Kain's Jump in the final battle of Final Fantasy IV (then called II) so that he stayed in the air as much as possible while remaining onscreen whenever Rosa cast Cure IV.

Missing a Cure because you're off the screen...
Surely in FFXIV that won't....wait, could it?

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Who knows... Can't Cure what you can't target.... but its cool if you don't I can save myself :P

I'm in lurve with BLM. That's what Freeze is supposed to be, not what it was before.

Can you target ifrit when he readies hellfire? Jump would be nice for that, I beat him so many times i can't remember <.<

Edit: While the BLM magic looks good it would be cool if they used some of that magic animation from FF 13 Blizzaga and Firaga just look so amazing in that game.

That was a Weapon Skill or a Spell...?

I'm upset that they didnt bother giving the WHM and BLM their own unique casting animation. They look exactly like THM and CON. I thought for sure they would give them their own animation. I also wonder if we will be able to wear the hood on the WHM AF. I would like to have the option of toggling it. In the 2.0 PDF, it shows an arrow drawn next to the hood indicating it can be worn.

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Originally Posted by Bittereye

I'm upset that they didnt bother giving the WHM and BLM their own unique casting animation. They look exactly like THM and CON. I thought for sure they would give them their own animation. I also wonder if we will be able to wear the hood on the WHM AF. I would like to have the option of toggling it. In the 2.0 PDF, it shows an arrow drawn next to the hood indicating it can be worn.

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No the drawing was deciding weather they should have it up or down, not a toggle option.

Actually they were going to give us options to toggle the WHM hood up or down and the WAR faceplate up or down in 2.0. It was in a months-old dev post.

Freaking sweet! I want WHM so bad! But BLM looks pretty bad ass too. Also MNK! he looks like a Chinese martial arts movie!

They all looked cool and I look forward to the update but I have to nit-pick a bit on these three:

Dragoon: He misses the target completely and the bulk of the Damage Burst appears to hit the ground.

Bard: Shooting the arrow almost straight up in the air seems silly although maybe it just looks weird close to the mob like that.

Black Mage: Since his weapon is still on his back, how is that a Weapon Skill? It looks more like a (very cool) Arcane Spell.

Noob question, but will these new classes replace the current ones?

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Originally Posted by Jawzt

Noob question, but will these new classes replace the current ones?

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they arent new classes

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Originally Posted by Jawzt

Noob question, but will these new classes replace the current ones?

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These arent new classes but stuff that adds onto your current class strengthening it while hurting your ability to cross class as much.

You will be a gladiator until you quest to open paladin. Then you can equip paladin to make you more focused. Then every few levels you'll be able to quest more paladin abilities to make it stronger, rather than by leveling.

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Originally Posted by Davorok

They all looked cool and I look forward to the update but I have to nit-pick a bit on these three:

Dragoon: He misses the target completely and the bulk of the Damage Burst appears to hit the ground.

Bard: Shooting the arrow almost straight up in the air seems silly although maybe it just looks weird close to the mob like that.

Black Mage: Since his weapon is still on his back, how is that a Weapon Skill? It looks more like a (very cool) Arcane Spell.

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He missed because the Mob moved just before the point of impact.. thus making it seem like the Animation misses it's target. Thats just the way I see it though :P

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Originally Posted by Davorok

Black Mage: Since his weapon is still on his back, how is that a Weapon Skill? It looks more like a (very cool) Arcane Spell.

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BLM isn't getting any weapon skills, so they showed one of their spells.. derp.

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Originally Posted by Buddhsie

BLM isn't getting any weapon skills, so they showed one of their spells.. derp.

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Then call them Job Action Abilities...herp derp.

Anyone else notice the lack of AF weapons in there? Why? D:

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Originally Posted by Camate

Howdy!

Before I leave the office for the day, figured I would give you all something to oogle and drool over for the night :)

This is a new sneak peak video of the weapon skills for the jobs coming in patch 1.21!

The weapon skills we showed off prior for some jobs have been tweaked a bit as well.
Hope you enjoy!

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Almost all recycled from from FFXI with flashier effects.

W00t! Very nice. Sound effects, animations, short execution times, all great. Good Job!

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Originally Posted by Dawiichan

Anyone else notice the lack of AF weapons in there? Why? D:

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Yeah, we are not getting AF weapons with 1.21 unfortunately. Was announced a very long time ago though, so plenty of notice given.

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Originally Posted by Rane

Thanks for posting these, Camate. The team did a great job with these weaponskills.

I love the sound effects that accompany them, especially the Paladin WS.
And using Jump makes the Dragoon disappear into the sky? Hell yes.

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Yep, pretty much like ho FFXI's Jumps were for DRG (specifically Super Jump.) It looks and "feels" really good, especially if it's a chain WS, like Stardiver.

BLM spell looks GREAT! Good job devs. This is what I would expect from FF titles.

As far as weapon skills go, they're OK for the level they're meant for. Only thing that seems out of place is BRD's WS. I think the visual effects on the mob should appear after the BRD uses the weapon skill, not at the same time as the "charge up" phase.

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Originally Posted by ckb

Almost all recycled from from FFXI with flashier effects.

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Apparently some people can't ever be pleased.

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Originally Posted by Rau

Apparently some people can't ever be pleased.

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Hell it pleases me because it shows they finally aren't ignoring/forgetting what they did in the past (though I don't really see much recycled...lol)

Now they can move onwards while using it as a base >.>

holy shit thats what we all expected with ancient magic, now i really know that we ll get a bad ass game in 2.0, just seeing that blm spell and bardcher ws was awesome. Good job dev team, now hurry up and give me my patch XD

The PLD WS looks different to the little preview that was shown on youtube for a short time. The way the character flips the sword back around in their hand after the stab is less flashy now.. Still looks really nice with the visual effects added though :p

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Originally Posted by ckb

Almost all recycled from from FFXI with flashier effects.

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So you prefer the crappy animation that ancient magic had?

Did anyone notice that the mob the BLM was fighting was a mob that we don't have in game yet? (That I know of anyway.) A giant ant of sorts O_O

Ah ok, I've never seen one or if I have, I just didn't notice what it really looks like due to not being so big xD I take it back then ^^

One thing that i hope they get rid is the big ball in simian trash ws, i cant see the good animation it had before they put that, but i can wait a few more patches...

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Originally Posted by Fayette

Did anyone notice that the mob the BLM was fighting was a mob that we don't have in game yet? (That I know of anyway.) A giant ant of sorts O_O

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There have been ants since Beta... They're all over copperbell mines. There's an NM Ant in Horizon.

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Originally Posted by Fayette

Did anyone notice that the mob the BLM was fighting was a mob that we don't have in game yet? (That I know of anyway.) A giant ant of sorts O_O

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Looks like an antlion... I feel like they might be somewhere in Thanalan, but idk if they're that big. I'll look around later. :P

Who cares about the weapon skills that music is AMAZING!!!

I did have to make another note...NOW THAT'S THE FINAL FANTASY WE'VE COME TO EXPECT!!!

I'll put this here because...

http://cdn.overclock.net/f/fc/fc60e9...beautiful.jpeg

Also they seem to have made each hit of the Monk WS make 2 noises, just interesting..

The only issue I have is that Freeze's animation as it shatters is pretty unrealistic, the whole thing disappears and is instantly replaced by a few smaller shards of ice. Would have been nice to have it shatter into a ton of smaller pieces and blow away in the wind or something. Still looks pretty nice though I guess.

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Originally Posted by Andrien

I'll put this here because...

http://cdn.overclock.net/f/fc/fc60e9...beautiful.jpeg

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This basically sums it up. Though Buddhsie's right about the freeze animation. :s

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Originally Posted by Camate

Howdy!

Before I leave the office for the day, figured I would give you all something to oogle and drool over for the night :)

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Mission accomplished.